JOSHUA POLLARD
@joshuapollard1
Senior Software Engineer with expertise in AI-driven system development.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience in leading AI-driven system development. My expertise lies in designing intelligent, user-facing features using LangChain for LLM integration and FastAPI for responsive, API-driven interfaces. I have a strong background in architecting stateful AI workflows with LangGraph and optimizing inference with ONNX Runtime, ensuring low-latency performance in diverse applications.
Throughout my career, I have deployed LLM pipelines using MLOps, integrating Hugging Face Transformers with Kubernetes and Prometheus for high availability. I am passionate about mentoring teams and driving technical excellence across various high-performance tech stacks. My experience includes building robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Terraform, and Docker on AWS EKS or Azure AKS, ensuring scalable and secure deployments.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
L.E.K. Consulting
Mar 2024 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Designed and implemented intelligent, user-facing features by integrating LLMs using LangChain for dynamic prompt management, leveraging FastAPI to create responsive, API-driven interfaces for real-time AI interactions. Utilized LangGraph to architect stateful, graph-based AI workflows, enabling complex decision-making processes within applications, and optimized model inference with ONNX Runtime
Full Stack Engineer
Slack
May 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)
Designed scalable microservices using .NETCore, leveraging Dapper for lightweight, high-performance data access to SQL Server, and implementing gRPC for efficient, low-latency inter-service communication in distributed systems. Developed enterprise-grade backend systems with Spring Boot, utilizing Hibernate for ORM-based interactions with PostgreSQL, and exposing GraphQL endpoints to enable flexib
Software Engineer Backend
Okta
Dec 2019 - Present (5 years 8 months)
Built high-performance APIs using Ruby on Rails with ActiveRecord for efficient PostgreSQL data access, utilizing Puma for concurrent request handling and Sidekiq with Redis for asynchronous job processing, ensuring scalable and responsive server-side systems. Developed asynchronous microservices with Node.js using Fastify for high-speed routing, leveraging Mongoose for flexible MongoDB data model
Software Engineer
Jul 2016 - Present (9 years 1 month)
Collaborated with a Senior Software Engineer to receive hands-on guidance on TypeScript-based development, mastering best practices in Node.js, React, and Angular for building scalable, maintainable applications. Assisted in building performant APIs using Node.js with Fastify and TypeScript, leveraging Mongoose for MongoDB data modeling to ensure type-safe, scalable backend systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Toronto, Mississauga
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
2012 - 2016
Completed a comprehensive curriculum in Computer Science, gaining foundational knowledge and practical skills in various aspects of the field. Focused on core computer science principles and their applications.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Sidekiq
D3.js
Chart.js
ECharts
Google Cloud Platform
GitHub
GitLab
RxJS
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Dataiku
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Cassandra
CouchDB
IndexedDB
CockroachDB
Gmail
Rollbar
Node.js
Django
Laravel
Spring Boot
.NET Core
Ruby on Rails
.NET
Vuetify
Web Components
three.js
Neo4j
Okta
Redis
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Babel
Mocha
Vue.js
Svelte
React-Vue
axios
Webpack
JavaScript
ES6
PHP
ASP.NET
WebAssembly
Blazor
PyTorch
scikit-learn
Keras
FastAPI
Fastify
Istio
Prometheus
PM2
Apollo
GraphQL
Firebase
SignalR
gRPC
Ansible
Serverless
vuex
Chakra UI
NGINX
SQL
NgRx
Hugging Face
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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Skills
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